Concept & scheme design

Getting a project right in the early phases is crucial for a good outcome; no amount of tweaking, review, or auditing can recover from a concept that isn’t right. You need a very experienced team for these early project phases and at ViaStrada, you are dealing with the experts. We take your project objectives or problem definition and turn them into concept and scheme designs that will work.

 

Projects

Selwyn cycling and walking paths

Jeanette, Megan and Andrew have recently undertaken feasibility assessments of seven walking and cycling infrastructure projects for Selwyn District …
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Wainoni Road crossing facility

Following a fatality at the pedestrian crossing facility at the intersection of Wainoni Road and Bickerton Street, ViaStrada was requested to …
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Transport network optimisation think-piece

ViaStrada undertook research both domestically and overseas to produce a major discussion document for the New Zealand Transport Agency.The "think …
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Stanmore Road parking location plan

The client wanted to see how the existing parking supply was on the street. This gave maximum information on the impact of different cycle lane …
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FiveMile parking provision plan, Queenstown

The client wanted to show that they had made provision for various on street parking demands in FiveMile. This included short and long term parking …
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Te Okuroa Drive, Tauranga

ViaStrada was engaged by Tauranga City Council (TCC) to undertake the scheme development of the arterial road (Te Okuroa Drive) servicing the …
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SH7 and Fairhall Road intersection design, West Coast

SH7 and Fairhall Road intersection design for the Kaiata industrial park. This required a specialist intersection design catering for heavy commercial …
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Northlands Mall, Langdons Road vehicle access

For Northlands Mall, we were commissioned to explore access options and designs through to obtaining Resource Consent from the City Council.
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Hornby rail trail, Christchurch

The Little River Rail Trail is planned to extend from Hornby (Christchurch) to Little River on Banks Peninsula. ViaStrada undertook this …
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Queenspark bus priority, Christchurch

Christchurch City Council has ambitious plans for bus priority. In 2006 ViaStrada was engaged to design bus priority measures for the #70 Queenspark …
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Five Mile, Frankton/Queenstown

ViaStrada has been tasked to assist with gaining NZTA approval for site access to the 32ha Five Mile development from SH6.
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Audit of 10 sets of traffic signals

This report presents the findings of an audit of a sample of 10 of the traffic signal controlled intersections operated by DCC. The purpose of the …
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Chester Street West, Christchurch – proposed one-way street

The City Council requested that an investigation be conducted into the possible conversion of part of Chester Street West to a one-way street. The …
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Central City loading zone review, Christchurch

Within the 4 Avenues (Central City) of Christchurch there are a considerable number of loading zones and short term parking restrictions. The City …
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Sparks Road route safety audit, Christchurch

The section of Sparks Road between Halswell Road and Hendersons Road has been the subject of concerns raised by local residents. These concerns relate …
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Cambridge Tce street renewal & riverbank enhancement

This project was carried out by Axel Downard-Wilke whilst he was still employed by Christchurch City Council (CCC), and Wayne Rimmer (Landscape …
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Summit Road car parking, Christchurch

The Port Hills is a precious environment that requires sensitive design that meets the need of all users. The objective was to accentuate the passive …
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Chesney St / Scott St, Invercargill – proposed intersection realignment

Invercargill City Council is faced with some challenging traffic engineering at this rural intersection. ViaStrada was commissioned to confirm their …
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Riccarton/Clyde/Wharenui intersection, Christchurch

ViaStrada was engaged by Christchurch City Council to improve the traffic management on Riccarton Road. Together with baseplus as a sub-consultant, …
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Creyke Road "Living Streets" pilot project, Christchurch

Andrew Macbeth (then working for MWH New Zealand Ltd) was hired to develop a concept for Creyke Rd, one of the boundary streets for the University of …
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RTS 14 guideline development

The project was to provide real intersection and midblock layouts that practitioners could use to design and implement vision impaired ‘user friendly' …
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